A prospective reader asks:

Is New Escapologist a Modernist publication?

Ah! In as much as Modernism is a reaction against the Victorian penchant for clutter and decoration and empire, I suppose we are.

But we kept some of the 19th-Century ideas about manners, action, and comfort. It’s in our DNA.

I suppose New Escapologist takes influences from all over the spectrum: from the ancient world, the medieval, the Victorian and the present-day.

We’re a philosophical and aesthetic mash-up. Does this make us postmodern? Post-postmodern? I don’t know.

Simon Munnery: “Don’t worry about being modern. It’s the one thing you can’t avoid.”

Robert Wringham is the editor of New Escapologist. He also writes books and articles. Read more at wringham.co.uk

Giddings Plaza FI says:

July 26, 2013 at 5:05 pm

I just found your blog, and love it! Added to the list of writers / thinkers who espouse anti-consumerism is Thoreau. http://giddingsplaza.com/2013/05/30/thoreau-knew-a-lot-of-this-175-years-ago/
Robert Wringham says:

July 26, 2013 at 5:16 pm

Oh yes, we talk about Thoreau a lot. He’s one of our patron saints! That’s a nice looking link though. Reading it now. Thanks very much.

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